Industry Buzz

Want to stay up to date with what’s happening in the hosting industry but don’t have time to scroll through dozens of blogs, forums, and social media profiles? Industry Buzz is your one-stop hub for the latest updates, news, and events from across the hosting and tech world.

Our feed automatically aggregates posts from social media and RSS channels of hosting companies and software providers, giving you a real-time overview of what’s buzzing in the industry. From new product launches and tech trends to insightful discussions from experts - you’ll find it all here, without having to browse half the internet.

This week

July 17, 2026 GigaCloud expands S3 cloud storage services to Poland and Ukraine.
@Data Center Dynamics
July 17, 2026 AWS scrambles to fix billing console bug causing inflated customer bills.
@The Stack
July 17, 2026 HestiaCP patches eight critical vulnerabilities including root RCE flaws.
@HestiaCP
July 17, 2026 WooCommerce 11 launches July 28 with performance and scalability improvements.
@cyber_Folks
July 17, 2026 ICANN issues third breach notice to Trustname registrar over abuse complaints.
@Domain Incite
July 17, 2026 acme.sh adds RFC 9773 ARI support and 15 new DNS providers.
@acme.sh
July 16, 2026 Ghost adds built-in Generative Engine Optimization tools for AI discovery.
@Ghost
July 16, 2026 BunnyCDN launches Bunny Sandbox for secure AI agent execution.
@BunnyCDN
July 16, 2026 Former DXC president Howard Boville appointed to lead company.
@Data Center Dynamics
July 16, 2026 Virtualizor releases 3.2.9 RC patch with bug fixes and improvements.
@Virtualizor
July 16, 2026 Microsoft releases 630+ patches in monthly Patch Tuesday; AI-driven vulnerability detection expected to become new norm.
@The Stack
July 16, 2026 Cloudways releases MCP v1.2 with 112 new management tools.
@Cloudways
July 16, 2026 AdminBolt releases 1.3.0 with automatic SSL and reseller resource limits.
@AdminBolt
July 16, 2026 UK Crime and Policing Act achieves Royal Assent with domain industry implications.
@Nominet
July 15, 2026 Identity Digital launches DNSid AI agent identification standard with Vint Cerf advising.
@Domain Name Wire
July 15, 2026 Hivelocity launches Streaming Bundle bare-metal service for cost-optimized video delivery.
@HIVELOCITY
July 15, 2026 SonicWall patches critical unauthenticated SSRF in SMA1000 appliances.
@Rapid7
July 15, 2026 Blesta releases 6.0.0 BETA 4.
@Blesta
July 15, 2026 Google Cloud enables AlloyDB AI Functions for multilingual full-text search indexing.
@Google Cloud
July 15, 2026 WordPress 7.1 Beta 1 arrives with styling controls and media improvements.
@WordPress.org
July 15, 2026 WordPress VIP launches Secure MCP for governed AI-agent access to platform tools.
@WP VIP
July 15, 2026 Google Cloud VMware Engine suffers 12-hour outage in Australia and Europe regions.
@The Stack
July 15, 2026 SonicWall patches critical zero-day flaws in SMA 1000 appliances.
@The Hacker News
July 15, 2026 MySQL 9.0 introduces flow-control monitoring and multi-threaded applier statistics.
@Percona
July 15, 2026 Redis announces organizational restructuring with 200-role reduction.
@Redis
July 14, 2026 GoDaddy launches Developer Platform beta for programmatic domain management.
@GoDaddy
July 14, 2026 Microsoft publishes 622 vulnerabilities including critical SharePoint authentication bypass.
@Rapid7
July 14, 2026 Exoscale enters Spanish market with sovereign cloud platform.
@Data Center Dynamics
July 14, 2026 Cloudflare implements Extended DNS Error signal for DNSSEC validation bypasses.
@Cloudflare
July 14, 2026 Virtualizor 3.2.9 adds VPC networking, baremetal management, and security improvements.
@Virtualizor
July 14, 2026 Rapid7 establishes Middle East distribution partnership with Mindware.
@Rapid7
July 14, 2026 Leaseweb attains VMware VCSP Pinnacle partner status.
@Leaseweb
July 14, 2026 Telegram's t.me domain taken down by .me registry.
@Domain Incite
July 13, 2026 Telegram's t.me domain enters server hold status, causing service disruption.
@Domain Name Wire
July 13, 2026 Bangkok 4 datacenter launching in Q2 2027.
@Data Center Dynamics
July 13, 2026 Cloudflare launches Precursor, a client-side session-based bot detection system.
@Cloudflare
July 13, 2026 ICANN considers new friction policies for bulk domain registrations.
@Domain Incite
July 13, 2026 MyDumper adds SAFE_NO_LOCK mode for safer lock-free backup synchronization.
@Percona
July 13, 2026 Divi releases version 5.9 with CSS Grid Editor and Variable Fonts support.
@Elegant Themes
July 13, 2026 AdminBolt releases 1.2.2 with per-account bandwidth limits and email forwarding improvements.
@AdminBolt
July 13, 2026 mailcow updates Rspamd, Postfix, Nginx, and SOGo with security and bug fixes.
@mailcow
July 13, 2026 Virtualizor releases 3.2.9 RC Patch 5 with bug fixes.
@Virtualizor
July 13, 2026 Virtuozzo Infrastructure 7.4 released with latest Kubernetes.
@Virtuozzo

Last week (6th July - 12th July)

July 11, 2026 FOSSBilling releases 0.8.4 with security hardening and group-based admin permissions.
@FOSSBilling
July 10, 2026 North Carolina repeals data center electricity sales tax exemption amid AI demand.
@Data Center Knowledge
July 10, 2026 UK designates AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle as critical third parties.
@The Stack
July 10, 2026 Google Cloud designated critical third party to U.K. financial sector.
@Google Cloud
July 10, 2026 Progress Software urges ShareFile customers to shut down affected Windows servers.
@The Hacker News
July 10, 2026 ICANN extends Registration Service Provider application deadline to August 12.
@Domain Name Wire
July 10, 2026 Scaleway integrates Qarnot HPC technology into cloud platform.
@Data Center Dynamics
July 10, 2026 Cloudflare extends Smart Tiered Cache to public cloud origins.
@Cloudflare
July 10, 2026 Patchstack expands NodeJS vulnerability protection across web hosting partners.
@Patchstack
July 10, 2026 MariaDB 13.1 adds BLOB, TEXT, JSON support to HEAP engine.
@MariaDB
July 10, 2026 CoreDNS releases update improving DNS transport security and operational reliability.
@CoreDNS
July 9, 2026 Elegant Themes releases CSS Grid Editor for Divi 5.
@Elegant Themes
July 9, 2026 Hivelocity launches Streaming Bundle with flat bandwidth pricing and DDoS protection.
@HIVELOCITY
July 9, 2026 WordPress releases 7.0.1 maintenance update with 31 bug fixes.
@WordPress.org
July 9, 2026 Google Cloud announces Cloud Run sandboxes for secure untrusted code execution.
@Google Cloud
July 9, 2026 Meta secures 1 GW Alberta campus with advance power and transmission agreements.
@Data Center Knowledge
July 9, 2026 Atom syndicates domain listings to Dynadot platform.
@Domain Name Wire
July 9, 2026 Cloudflare targets 2029 for full post-quantum cryptography deployment.
@Cloudflare
July 9, 2026 Pressable expands MCP server with new WordPress management tools.
@Pressable
July 9, 2026 BunnyCDN adds DNS management to bunny.net CLI tool.
@BunnyCDN
July 9, 2026 Douglas County commissioners reject EdgeConneX-linked data center affiliate.
@Data Center Dynamics
July 9, 2026 WP Rocket 3.23 adds MCP access for AI-assisted performance management.
@WP Rocket
July 8, 2026 Google Cloud launches C4N instances with 400 Gbps network bandwidth.
@Google Cloud
July 8, 2026 Blesta releases 6.0.0 beta 3.
@Blesta
July 8, 2026 Google Cloud named Leader in Gartner AI Infrastructure Magic Quadrant.
@Google Cloud
July 8, 2026 Traefik releases bug fixes for middleware, Kubernetes, and ACME.
@Traefik
July 8, 2026 Qualys positions Enterprise TruRisk Management as central risk operations platform for cloud and container findings.
@Qualys
July 8, 2026 Virtualizor releases 3.2.9 patch with VM migration and Docker fixes.
@Virtualizor
July 8, 2026 Extendify launches Code, an AI agentic app-building platform for hosting partners.
@Extendify
July 8, 2026 Cloudflare develops Meerkat distributed consensus service for global control-plane state.
@Cloudflare
July 8, 2026 Barman releases 3.19.0 and 3.19.1 with cloud storage restore and backup export features.
@PostgreSQL
July 7, 2026 Certbot releases version 5.7.0.
@Certbot
July 7, 2026 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS delivers bare-metal automation and mixed virtualization support.
@Ubuntu
July 7, 2026 Qualys becomes launch partner in Cisco Cloud Control Studio platform.
@Qualys
July 7, 2026 Bitdeer deploys datacenters in Tennessee and Kentucky.
@Data Center Dynamics
July 7, 2026 Detectify launches Apex Discovery for automated organization domain attribution.
@Detectify
July 7, 2026 InMotion Hosting marks 25 years of continuous independent ownership.
@InMotion Hosting
July 7, 2026 Percona Operator for MySQL 1.2.0 adds cross-site replication and encrypted backups.
@Percona
July 7, 2026 MariaDB releases TAF 3.0 with automated performance change detection.
@MariaDB
July 7, 2026 Hostinger integrates Patchstack vulnerability scanning into Node.js hosting.
@Hostinger
July 7, 2026 OVHcloud details Object Storage S3 compatibility and multiclass portfolio architecture.
@OVHcloud
July 7, 2026 Joomla releases 6.1.2 and 5.4.7 security updates.
@Joomla
July 7, 2026 Fastly named 2026 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for edge.
@Fastly
July 6, 2026 Mawson expands data center operations into Texas market.
@Data Center Dynamics
July 6, 2026 GoDaddy may exit India over registrant identity disclosure ruling.
@Domain Incite
July 6, 2026 Cloudflare launches Workers Cache, a tiered edge-caching layer for serverless functions.
@Cloudflare